(a) The status of implementing the plan under
1999 Wisconsin Act 9,
Section 9154 (4g), concerning transfer of credits from the technical college system to the University of Wisconsin System.
(b) Identification of occupations in high demand by geographic region and a plan to expand educational programs to meet the needs identified.
(2x) Digital television conversion funding cooperation. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall cooperate fully with the educational communications board in an effort to secure the greatest possible federal financial participation in the digital television conversion project enumerated under Section 9107 (1) (c) of this act.
(3c) Position authorizations.
(a) In this subsection:
1. "Board" means the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
2. "Limited term appointment" means an appointment under section 230.26 (1) of the statutes.
(b) Notwithstanding section 16.505 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act, before July 1, 2003, the board may create up to 50 authorized FTE positions in the classified service of the state civil service system at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in positions that are frequently filled by limited term appointments, as determined by the board in consultation with the department of employment relations. The authorized FTE positions may be GPR positions, PR positions, or SEG positions, or any combination thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding section 230.15 of the statutes, the board may initially appoint to the positions created under paragraph (b) only individuals who have held limited term appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for at least one year. Individuals so appointed are not required to be certified under section 230.25 of the statutes and are not required to have qualified for the position by competitive examination. Any position created under paragraph (b) may not be filled by transfer under section 230.29 of the statutes.
(d) Notwithstanding section 20.928 (1) of the statutes, before July 1, 2003, the board may not certify under section 20.928 (1) of the statutes any sum of money needed to pay any costs associated with a position created under paragraph (b) if that position is a GPR position.
(e) During the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, the board shall report quarterly to the department of administration and to the joint committee on finance on the number of positions created under paragraph (b).
(f) No later than September 1, 2003, the board shall submit a report to the governor, the department of employment relations, and to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the legislature under section 13.172 (2) of the statutes concerning the creation of the positions under paragraph (b). The report shall determine if the number of limited term appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been reduced as a result of the creation of positions under paragraph (b); document the number of individuals appointed to positions created under paragraph (b) and the number of years of employment that these individuals had as limited term appointments at the time of their appointment to the positions created under paragraph (b); and examine the reasons why any individual who was appointed to a position created under paragraph (b) subsequently terminated employment with the board.
(3e) Fringe benefits for certain limited term appointments. Notwithstanding section 230.26 (4) of the statutes, any person who holds a limited term appointment under section 230.26 (1) of the statutes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a participating employee, as defined in section 40.02 (46) of the statutes, shall receive paid vacation and sick leave during the period that begins on the effective date of this subsection and ends on June 30, 2003. For the purpose of calculating the amount of paid vacation and sick leave to which a person holding a limited term appointment is entitled under this subsection, the person shall be considered a permanent employee.
(3g) Mathematics position. The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall ensure that at least one of the FTE positions authorized in the 2002-03 fiscal year by this act shall be filled by a faculty or staff member in the mathematics department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
(3pn) Nonresident tuition. Notwithstanding section 36.27 (1) (a) of the statutes, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin shall increase nonresident undergraduate tuition by
2.5% in the 2001-02 academic year and by 2.5% in the 2002-03 academic year.
(3s) Consolidation of state vehicle fleet maintenance operations.
(a) On the effective date of this paragraph, the assets and liabilities of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System that are primarily related to its vehicle fleet maintenance functions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as determined by the secretary of administration, shall become assets and liabilities of the department of administration.
(b) On the effective date of this paragraph, all tangible personal property, including records, of the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System that is primarily related to its vehicle fleet maintenance functions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as determined by the secretary of administration, is transferred to the department of administration.
(c) All contracts entered into by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System in effect on the effective date of this paragraph that are primarily related to its vehicle fleet maintenance functions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as determined by the secretary of administration, are transferred to the department of administration. The department of administration shall carry out any contractual obligations under such a contract until the contract is modified or rescinded by the department of administration to the extent allowed under the contract.
(d) All rules promulgated by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System that are primarily related to its vehicle fleet maintenance functions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until amended or repealed by the department of administration. All orders issued by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System that are primarily related to its vehicle fleet maintenance functions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and that are in effect on the effective date of this paragraph remain in effect until their specified expiration dates or until modified or rescinded by the department of administration.
(e) Any matter pending with the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System that is primarily related to its vehicle fleet maintenance functions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on the effective date of this paragraph is transferred to the department of administration, and all materials submitted to or actions taken by the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System with respect to the pending matter are considered as having been submitted to or taken by the department of administration.
(f) Notwithstanding section 16.42 of the statutes, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall submit information under section 16.42 of the statutes for purposes of the 2003-05 biennial budget bill reflecting any savings incurred from consolidation of vehicle fleet maintenance functions under this subsection.
(g) The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall fully cooperate with the department of administration in implementing this subsection.
(5p) Funding. For the 2002-03 fiscal year, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall do all of the following:
(a) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $325,000 for additional faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
(b) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $1,850,000 to fund an expansion of information systems and computer science programs at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and to initiate a work-based university consortium at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
(c) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $266,000 to fund additional course offerings in computer science and informational technology at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
(d) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $1,320,000 to fund the expansion of computer, Internet, technology, and media studies programs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
(e) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $295,000 to fund the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, and University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh engineering collaboration.
(f) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $612,000 for the University of Wisconsin-Extension small business development centers.
(g) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $277,900 to offer high technology courses at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
(h) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $293,600 to establish an adult student access and advocacy office and to expand the number of students enrolled in the master of science in information systems program at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
(i) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $403,000 to expand the number of high technology courses offered and to establish a molecular biology and bio-informatics certificate program at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
(j) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $1,204,500 to provide digital science distance education courses from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for nontraditional students.
(k) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $200,200 to implement a transportation and logistics management bachelor's degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Superior.
(L) Of moneys appropriated under section 20.285 (1) (a) of the statutes allocate $983,500 to expand technology courses designed for working adults at the University of Wisconsin college campuses.
16,9157
Section 9157.
Nonstatutory provisions; veterans affairs.
(1) Servicing primary mortgage loans.
(a) Plan. The department of veterans affairs and the department of administration shall develop a plan for the most cost-effective method of servicing loans purchased under section 45.79 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes, as created by this act.
(b) Funding. The secretary of administration may not direct that moneys appropriated to the department of veterans affairs under section 20.485 (3) (wg) and (wp) of the statutes, as created by this act, be encumbered or expended until after the plan developed under paragraph (a) is completed.
(c) Escrow payments. Notwithstanding section 45.79 (5) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of veterans affairs may not hold monthly escrow payments made by borrowers until after the plan developed under paragraph (a) is completed.
(3) Transfer of approval of veterans training.
(a) Transfer of positions and employees. On the effective date of this paragraph, 3.0 FTE FED positions in the educational approval board, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, are transferred to the department of veterans affairs. The educational approval board and the department of veterans affairs shall jointly determine the employees to be transferred under this paragraph and shall jointly develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the educational approval board and the department of veterans affairs, the secretary of administration shall resolve the dispute and shall develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof.
(b) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (a) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of veterans affairs that they enjoyed in the educational approval board immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(4)
Education center grant. From the appropriation under section 20.485 (2) (vj) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of veteran affairs may provide, in the 2001-03 fiscal biennium, one grant of $200,000 to the Wisconsin Veterans War Memorial/Milwaukee, Inc., for a veterans education center.
(5mk) Mobile claims officer and regional coordinator positions.
(a) The department of veterans affairs, in consultation with Wisconsin veterans service organizations, county veterans' service officer organizations, and county veterans' service officers, shall study whether additional mobile claims officers are needed to provide claim and benefit assistance to veterans
located outside the department's southeastern regional service area. If the department determines that additional mobile claims officers are needed, the department may submit a proposal to the joint committee on finance to increase the number of authorized positions in the department for mobile claims officers. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of veterans affairs within 14 working days after receiving the proposal that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the number of authorized positions are increased by the number proposed. If, within 14 working days after receiving the proposal, the cochairpersons notify the secretary of veterans affairs that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the number of authorized positions may be increased only as approved by the committee.
The number of authorized positions for mobile claims officers that are proposed by the department and approved by the committee under this paragraph may not exceed the limits under section 45.35 (4) (d) of the statutes, as created by this act.
(b) The department of veterans affairs, in consultation with Wisconsin veterans service organizations, county veterans' service officer organizations, and county veterans' service officers, shall study whether additional regional coordinators are needed to provide claim and benefit assistance to veterans
located outside the department's southeastern regional service area. If the department and the county veterans' service officer organizations with which the department consults determine that additional regional coordinators are needed, the department shall submit a proposal to the joint committee on finance to increase the number of authorized positions in the department for regional coordinators. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the secretary of veterans affairs within 14 working days after receiving the proposal that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the number of authorized positions are increased by the number proposed. If, within 14 working days after receiving the proposal, the cochairpersons notify the secretary of veterans affairs that the cochairpersons have scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposal, the number of authorized positions may be increased only as approved by the committee.
The number of authorized positions for regional coordinators that are proposed by the department and approved by the committee under this paragraph may not exceed the limits under section 45.35 (4) (b) of the statutes, as created by this act.
(c) Notwithstanding section 13.101 (3) (a) of the statutes, if the committee approves the position increase under paragraph (a) or (b), the committee may supplement the appropriation account under section 20.485 (2) (u) of the statutes and is not required to find that an emergency exists.
(6c) Grant for a supportive living environment for veterans. From the appropriation account under section 20.485 (2) (rm) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in fiscal year 2001-02, the department of veterans affairs shall provide one grant of $25,000 to Armitage, Inc., to establish a supportive living environment for veterans in the city of Onalaska.
(7e) Cost-effective transportation services for veterans. The department of veterans affairs and the department of administration, jointly, shall determine the most cost-effective methods for providing statewide transportation services to disabled veterans under section 45.43 (7m) of the statutes, as created by this act.
(7v) Victorious charge monument grant. From the appropriation under section 20.485 (2) (eg) of the statutes, as created by this act, the department of veterans affairs shall provide a grant of $50,000 in fiscal year 2001-02 to the Milwaukee Arts Board for the restoration of the Victorious Charge Civil War monument located in the city of Milwaukee.
(8b) Southern Wisconsin Veterans Retirement Center. The authorized FTE positions for the department of veterans affairs are increased by 28.0 PR positions, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, as affected by this act, for the operation of the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Retirement Center.
(8c) Veterans emergency aid pilot program. From the appropriation under section 20.485 (2) (rm) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in fiscal year 2002-03, the department of veterans affairs shall provide a grant of $20,000 to the Monroe County Veterans Service Office to administer an emergency aid pilot program that provides emergency aid to low-income veterans who have received services from the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tomah or the Veterans Assistance Center at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in
Tomah. The Monroe County veterans service officer shall determine the eligibility of veterans for the aid under this subsection. The grant awarded under this subsection may be used only for the emergency aid pilot program. Any emergency aid awarded under this subsection shall be used to pay for emergency services, such as transportation services, food, or temporary housing.
(8g) Grant to Wisconsin Veterans Tribute Memorial. In fiscal year 2001-02, the department shall provide a grant from the appropriation account under section 20.485 (2) (e) of the statutes, as affected by this act, in the amount of $3,000 to the Wisconsin Veterans Tribute Memorial in Chippewa County for the repair and replacement of flags at the memorial if the Wisconsin Veterans Tribute Memorial provides matching funds of $3,000.
(8n) Commandant for the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King. The authorized FTE positions for the department of veterans affairs are increased by 1.0 PR position, to be funded from the appropriation under section 20.485 (1) (gk) of the statutes, for the administration of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King.
16,9158
Section 9158.
Nonstatutory provisions; workforce development.
(2) Transfer of position and incumbent employee; electrician.
(a) Position transfer.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (kc) of the statutes, are decreased by 1.0 PR-S position having responsibility for small projects requiring the services of an electrician.
2. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the department of administration, funded from the appropriation under section 20.505 (5) (ka) of the statutes, as affected by this act, are increased by 1.0 PR-S position having responsibility for small projects requiring the services of an electrician.
3. On the effective date of this subdivision, the incumbent employee holding the position specified in subdivision 1. is transferred to the department of administration.
(b) Employee status. The employee transferred under paragraph (a) 3. shall have all the same rights and the same statutes under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of workforce development immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, if the employee so transferred has attained permanent status in class, that employee is not required to serve a probationary period.
(3f) Study regarding the provision or sale of impounded vehicles to low-income individuals. The department of workforce development shall study the
feasibility of instituting and administering a program that would provide unclaimed, impounded vehicles to low-income individuals or that would provide for the sale of these vehicles to low-income individuals at below-market prices. In conducting the study, the department of workforce development shall consult with the department of transportation and local units of government. No later than June 30, 2002, the department shall submit a report documenting the findings of its study to the members of the joint committee on finance and, in the manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes, to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.
(4d) Wisconsin conservation corps administrative support. The authorized FTE positions for the Wisconsin conservation corps board, funded from the appropriation under section 20.445 (6) (c), 1999 stats., are decreased by 2.5 GPR positions having responsibility for providing administrative support for the board.
(6) Transfer of medical assistance eligibility.
(a) Position decreases.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (kc) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, are decreased by 6.5 PR positions.
2. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (ha) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, are decreased by 0.3 PR position.
3. On the effective date of this subdivision, the authorized FTE positions for the department of workforce development, funded from the appropriation under section 20.445 (1) (gb) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2001, are decreased by 0.2 PR position.
(b) Transfer of positions and employees.
1. On the effective date of this subdivision, 8.18 FTE FED positions in the department of workforce development, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, are transferred to the department of health and family services.
2. On the effective date of this subdivision, 4.82 FTE GPR positions in the department of workforce development, and the incumbent employees holding those positions, are transferred to the department of health and family services.
3. On the effective date of this subdivision, there are transferred from the department of workforce development to the department of health and family services 7.0 FTE incumbent employees holding the positions specified in paragraph (a).
4. The departments of workforce development and health and family services shall jointly determine the employees to be transferred under subdivisions 1
. to 3. and shall jointly develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof. In the event of any disagreement between the departments, the secretary of administration shall resolve the dispute and shall develop a plan for the orderly transfer thereof.
(c) Employee status. Employees transferred under paragraph (b) have all the rights and the same status under subchapter V of chapter 111 and chapter 230 of the statutes in the department of health and family services that they enjoyed in the department of workforce development immediately before the transfer. Notwithstanding section 230.28 (4) of the statutes, no employee so transferred who has attained permanent status in class is required to serve a probationary period.
(8) Food stamp reinvestment.
(a) In this subsection "cost allocation resolution moneys" means the moneys appropriated under section 20.445 (3) (nL) of the statutes that were allocated on September 25, 1998, by the joint committee on finance to reimburse the federal government for expenditures that were not approved by the federal departments of labor and health and human services in a cost allocation plan that was developed and submitted by the department of workforce development in the 1997-98 federal fiscal year.
(b) From the appropriation under section 20.445 (3) (nL) of the statutes, the department of workforce development shall reallocate cost allocation resolution moneys to local food stamp reinvestment activities.
(8x) Community youth grants. Notwithstanding section 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes, as affected by this act, from the moneys allocated under section 49.175 (1) (z) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of workforce development shall provide grants in each fiscal year of the 2001-03 fiscal biennium to the Wisconsin chapters of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America to improve social, academic, and employment skills of youth who are eligible to receive temporary assistance for needy families under
42 USC 601 et seq. The total amount of grants that are provided under this subsection in each fiscal year of the 2001-03 fiscal biennium shall be $50
0,000.
(8y) Community reinvestment in certain Wisconsin works contracts. The department of workforce development may not extend the deadline for the expenditures, by Wisconsin works agencies, of community reinvestment funds that were earned as part of contracts that were entered into under section 49.143 of the statutes and have a term that begins on September 1, 1997, and ends on December 1, 1999.
(9e) Wisconsin works contracts for the 2002-03 contract period.
(a) Definitions. In this subsection:
1. "Department" means the department of workforce development.
2. "Draft contract terms" means the draft contract terms issued by the department of workforce development on May 14, 2001, for Wisconsin works contracts having a term that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003.
3. "Wisconsin works" has the meaning given in section 49.141 (1) (p) of the statutes.
4. "Wisconsin works agency" has the meaning given in section 49.001 (9) of the statutes.
5. "Wisconsin works contract" means a contract to administer Wisconsin works under section 49.143 of the statutes, as affected by this act.
(b) Performance bonuses. Each Wisconsin works contract having a term that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on December 31, 2003, shall require the department to do all of the following: